A Child's Book of True Crime
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| Author | Chloe Hooper |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Penguin |
Publication date | March 19, 2002 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 238 |
| ISBN | 0-7432-2512-0 |
A Child's Book of True Crime is a novel by Australian author Chloe Hooper, published in 2001 by Penguin. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Kate is a young schoolteacher working in a small community in Tasmania. She begins an affair with the parent of one of her students. Some chapters tell an alternate version of the same story, a murder investigation written in the style of a children's book.